Combing machine



R. TAYLOR COMBING MACHINE Aug. 4, 1925.

Filed Dec. 26. 1924 INVENTOR: Kobcm? fay 8%? W ATTORNEY the Patented Aug. 4, 1925.

UNITED STATES ROBERT TAYLOR, OF OLDHAM, ENGLAND.

COMBING MACHINE.

Application filed December 26, 1924.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT TAYLoR, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Soho Iron Vforks, Oldham, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in combing machines, and more particularly to means for cleaning the top nippers of such machines.

Hitherto when the top nipper of a combingmachine has required cleaning, it has been customary in some cases to detach the blade of the nipper from the nipper arr thus entailing the stoppage of the machine for a considerable time while in other cases the groove of the nipper has been cleaned by scratching it out with a sharp instrument and this is a ditficult operation to perform inasmuch as said groove is hidden from view.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple device whereby the top nipper blade may be cleaned without necessitatlng its removal.

For this purpose I construct ahook shaped scraper adapted to be inserted beneath the nipper blade, and having an upturned projection provided with an edge or sharp point which is capable of being drawn along the groove of the nipper blade in such a manner as to scrape out and clean the same.

Upon the stem of the device is mounted a roller or its equivalent adapted to run or rest upon arail or ledge longitudinally attached to the nipper blade in such manner that when the device is drawn along the nipper from one end to the other the roller or the like guides the device and ensures that the scraping edge thoroughly performs its work.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is an end elevation of the nippers of a combing machine and adjacent parts showing a device constructed accord ing to the present invention in position for cleaning the top nipper, and

Figure 2'is a front elevation of a top nipper blade illustrating the manner in which the device is used.

Referring to said drawings 1 represents the nipper arm, 2 the top nipper blade and 3 the bottom nipper, 10 the comb cylinder and 11 the detaching rollers.

Serial No.,758,295.

4t is the handle or stem of the scraper which at one end is provided with an upturned or hook like scraping edge 5 which is adapted to embrace the lower edge of the nipper 2 and the point of the hook to be inserted in the groove 6 thereof.

Mounted upon a stud, pin or the like 7 fixed to the side of the scraper handle at is a roller 8 adapted to run upon a rail or ledge 9 attached to or formed integral with the nipper blade 2 in such a position that when the scraper is drawn along the blade in the manner shown in Figure 2 the scraping edge 5 is maintained in the groove 6 thus ethciently performing its work.

It will be seen that a device constructed as hereinbeit'ore described may be used with out necessitating any removal of parts of the machine or the disarrangement of the setting of the nipper blades, while it is at the same time inexpensive and simple of construction.

It will be understood that the details of construction of the device may be further modified without departing from the principle of the invention, for example instead of employing a roller as a guide for the device any suitable projection 011 its stem might be substituted therefor.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. Means for scraping or cleaning the top nipper of a combing machine comprising a scraper having an upturned end adapted to embrace the edge of the nipper blade and to be inserted in the groove thereof and clean the same when drawn along itand means for guiding the device substantially as herein set forth.

2. In a combing machine, the combination of a nipper blade having along one face thereof a shouldered ledge, scraping device provided with a hook-shaped portion straddling an edge of said nipper blade and adapted to be moved along the blade from one end to the other, and means carried by said device in contact with said ledge for guiding the device during its movement on the blade.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ROBERT TAYLOR. 

